Recipe: Perfect Coconut Cream Pie

Coconut Cream Pie.

You can have Coconut Cream Pie using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Coconut Cream Pie

1. It's 3 cups of milk.
2. It's 4 of lg egg yolks.
3. Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
4. You need 4 Tbl of cornstarch.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
7. Prepare 1 cup of coconut, divided.
8. It's 1 of 9” pie crust, baked.
9. It's of Meringue.
10. Prepare 4 of lg egg whites.
11. You need 1/4 tsp of cream of tartar.
12. Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
13. It's 1/4 tsp of vanilla.
14. It's 1/4 cup of coconut; for garnish.

Coconut Cream Pie instructions

1. Line baked pie crust with 1/4 cup coconut.
2. In large, heavy saucepan, heat milk to almost boiling..
3. In small bowl, mix egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, and salt. Pour mixture into hot milk. Cook until thickened. Add remaining coconut. Cool slightly..
4. Make meringue: beat egg whites with cream of tartar until dissolved. Turn mixer to high and beat until stiff peaks form. Add sugar slowly. Add vanilla..
5. Spread meringue on top of hot pie, sealing to the edge of the crust. Top with reserved coconut. Bake meringue at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes, or until meringue browns slightly..
6. ALTERNATIVELY, use toasted coconut for lining pie crust and garnishing..